"the six-pointed Star of David. Gangster Disciples The Gangster Disciples are a criminal gang which was formed on the South-side of Chicago in the late 1960s, by Larry Hoover, leader of the Supreme Gangsters, and David Barksdale, leader of the Black Disciples. The two groups united to form the Black Gangster Disciple Nation (BGDN). The 6 point star stands for Love Life Loyalty. Knowledge Wisdom Understanding. In Chicago, The Gangster Disciples have a long and bitter rivalry with the Black Disciples. Since their creation, the Gangster Disciples have branched out throughout the Untied States. On July 3, 2005, an unsanctioned"
"No.9. A soundtrack containing hip hop and R&B music was released on April 30, 1996 by Noo Trybe Records. It peaked at #41 on the ""Billboard"" 200 and #8 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Original Gangstas Original Gangstas is a 1996 action-gangster film filmed and set in urban Gary, Indiana starring Blaxploitation film stars such as Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, Jim Brown, and Richard Roundtree. The film is directed by Larry Cohen. The film details the deteriorating state of an impoverished Gary neighborhood terrorized by a street gang called the Rebels. When the gang murders a local boy, it prompts"
"criticised and ridiculed as being cliche and tongue-in-cheek. Gangstar: Crime City Gangstar: Crime City is a 2006 open world action-adventure mobile game developed and published by Gameloft. The game is about a gangster who explores the fictional town of Crime City looking for money, power, and occupation of other gangs. A sequel, ""Gangstar 2: Kings of L.A."", was released on November 2008. Crime City is almost like a combination of Los Angeles and Miami (mostly Miami-based areas). Areas such as Ocean Beach (as used in """") and Ocean Drive are examples. Policemen and their vehicles are patterned after the LAPD."
"Gangstar: Crime City Gangstar: Crime City is a 2006 open world action-adventure mobile game developed and published by Gameloft. The game is about a gangster who explores the fictional town of Crime City looking for money, power, and occupation of other gangs. A sequel, ""Gangstar 2: Kings of L.A."", was released on November 2008. Crime City is almost like a combination of Los Angeles and Miami (mostly Miami-based areas). Areas such as Ocean Beach (as used in """") and Ocean Drive are examples. Policemen and their vehicles are patterned after the LAPD. Like ""Grand Theft Auto"", the game is structured"
"Original Gangstas Original Gangstas is a 1996 action-gangster film filmed and set in urban Gary, Indiana starring Blaxploitation film stars such as Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, Jim Brown, and Richard Roundtree. The film is directed by Larry Cohen. The film details the deteriorating state of an impoverished Gary neighborhood terrorized by a street gang called the Rebels. When the gang murders a local boy, it prompts the emergence of several individuals who grew up in the neighborhood: the original members of the Rebels. The movie opens to a narration detailing the poor economic state of a gang-ridden Gary. The narrator"
"about the life of mobsters and the reality of the cities under the cartel's rule. Some of the key players of the genre are Cano y Blunt, DemenT and Big Los. Before the late 1990s, gangsta rap, while a huge-selling genre, had been regarded as well outside of the pop mainstream, committed to representing the experience of the inner-city and not ""selling out"" to the pop charts. However, the rise of Bad Boy Records, propelled by the massive crossover success of Bad Boy head Sean ""Puffy"" Combs's 1997 ensemble album, ""No Way Out"", on the heels of the media attention"
"the two join forces, which also requires a tentative peace between gangs. With backing from Gator (CJ Mac), a smooth New Orleans drug king, DJ and Lonzo start drug dealing, organizing their gangs into pushers. Just as their finances are looking up, one of Gator's team pulls a double cross and two of DJ and Lonzo's gang bangers start a shooting war. Can the erstwhile music producers salvage anything of their bond or their plans? A soundtrack containing hip hop music was released on October 5, 1999 by Priority Records. It peaked at #64 on the ""Billboard"" 200 and #8"
"in order to accommodate reshoots. It received mixed reviews and grossed $105 million worldwide. In 1949 Los Angeles, gangster Mickey Cohen has become the most powerful figure in the California criminal underworld, and intends to continue to expand his criminal enterprise to Chicago and New York City. The police have not been able to stop Cohen's ruthless rise, as Cohen has eliminated witnesses and bribed both the court and the police, controlling both the illegal and legal sides of L.A. Determined to put a stop to Cohen, Chief Bill Parker, the head of the Los Angeles Police Department, creates a"
"Gangs of the Dead Gangs of the Dead, originally Last Rites, is a zombie survival film released in 2006, starring Enrique Almeida and Reggie Bannister. The film takes place in the city of Los Angeles, California, and follows two intertwined plots. The main plot concerns a meteorite that crashes in Los Angeles. It carries alien spores that spread across the city, transforming humans into flesh-eating zombies. The other story is about two rival gangs, ""The Lords of Crenshaw"" and ""El Diablo"", who continue to fight for dominance of Los Angeles even as it falls to the zombie horde. The film"
"Gangsta Gangsta (N.W.A song) ""Gangsta Gangsta"" is the second single from American hip hop group N.W.A's 1988 album, ""Straight Outta Compton"". The song later appeared on the ""N.W.A Greatest Hits"" album and ""The Best of N.W.A. - The Strength of Street Knowledge"". This song later appeared in the 2013 video game ""Grand Theft Auto V"" (along with Appetite for Destruction). The song conveys the dangers of living in the streets of Compton, California and South Central Los Angeles but also speaks of the appealing side of ""gangsta life"". The song has been covered or otherwise remade several times since its"
"image with their now middle-class, suburban lifestyle. It soon becomes evident that Cate is probably the only remaining fan of the band, who, out of a personal interest in the matter, put her own career at stake. The Suburbans The Suburbans is a 1999 American comedy-drama film that satirizes the 1980s revival hype around the turn of the 21st century. It stars Donal Lardner Ward, Craig Bierko, Will Ferrell and Tony Guma as one-hit wonder band The Suburbans and Jennifer Love Hewitt the record company executive, who wants re-establish the band's claim to fame. Ward also co-wrote and directed the"
"to work for Nino's gang. The story begins in Harlem, 1986, and Nino Brown and his gang, the Cash Money Brothers (CMB), become the dominant drug ring in New York City once crack cocaine is introduced to the streets. His gang consists of his best friend, Gee Money; enforcer Duh Duh Duh Man; gun moll Keisha; Nino's girlfriend, Selina, and her tech-savvy cousin, Kareem. Nino converts the Carter, an apartment complex, into a crack house. Gee Money and Keisha kill rival Fat Smitty, the CMB throws out the tenants, and Nino forces the landlord out onto the streets naked. Meanwhile,"
"Storm covered the song on their second studio album, ""Awaken the Fire"". Billboard Grammy Awards MTV Gangsta's Paradise ""Gangsta's Paradise"" is a song by American rapper Coolio, featuring singer L.V. The song was released on Coolio's album of the same name, as well as the soundtrack for the 1995 film ""Dangerous Minds"". It samples the chorus and instrumentation of Stevie Wonder's 1976 song ""Pastime Paradise"". The song was listed at number 85 on ""Billboard's Greatest Songs of All-Time"" and number one biggest selling single of 1995 on U.S. ""Billboard"". In 2008, it was ranked number 38 on VH1's 100 Greatest"
"""Midnight Cowboy"", ""The French Connection"", ""Dog Day Afternoon"", ""Taxi Driver"", ""Marathon Man"", ""Cruising"", ""Dressed to Kill"", and ""Death Wish"" showed New York as full of chaos and violence. With the city's renaissance in the 1980s and 1990s came new portrayals on television; ""Friends"", ""Seinfeld"", and ""Sex and the City"" showed life in the city to be glamorous and interesting. Nonetheless a disproportionate number of crime dramas, such as ""Law & Order"", continue to make criminality in the city as their subject even as New York has become the safest large city in the United States in the last two decades."
"stream of Hollywood film noir and gangster pictures. Seeing Karl, who claims he is Chicago Joe doing advance work in London for encroaching Chicago gangsters, Betty takes the opportunity to set her fantasies to life as she connives Karl into a spree of petty crimes. With luck on their side, the spree keeps escalating, until Betty urges Karl to commit the ultimate crime-murder. Chicago Joe and the Showgirl Chicago Joe and the Showgirl is a 1990 British crime drama film directed by Bernard Rose and written by David Yallop, starring Kiefer Sutherland and Emily Lloyd. The film was inspired by"
"in San Francisco in the 1990s and recorded for local label Outpunk among others. San Francisco also produced the Trashwomen and Fabulous Disaster. Los Angeles and southern California also produced Longstocking, Best Revenge, Red Aunts, Two Tears, Claw Hammer, the Muffs, and Emily's Sassy Lime in the 1990s. The 2000s brought the emergence of Ariel Pink, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Or, the Whale, the Aislers Set, the Botticellis, Scissors for Lefty, Deerhoof, the Dodos, the Quails, the Curtains, La Plebe, Erase Errata, the Phantom Limbs, the Donnas, Hunx and His Punx, Shannon and the Clams, Sic Alps, and the Union"
"Nonetheless, the urban-crime genre was mostly ignored until 1927 when ""Underworld"", which is recognized as the first gangster movie, became a surprise hit. According to the ""Encyclopedia of Hollywood"" entry on ""Underworld"", ""The film established the fundamental elements of the gangster movie: a hoodlum hero; ominous, night-shrouded city streets; floozies; and a blazing finale in which the cops cut down the protagonist"". Gangster films such as ""Thunderbolt"" (1929), and ""Doorway to Hell"" (1930) were released to capitalize on ""Underworld""s popularity, with ""Thunderbolt"" being described as ""a virtual remake"" of the film. Other late 1920s crime films investigated the connection between"
"negative reception and debuted at No. 3. City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold is a 1994 American Western comedy film directed by Paul Weiland. It is the sequel to ""City Slickers"" (1991) and stars Billy Crystal, Jack Palance, Jon Lovitz, and Daniel Stern. Although a mild financial success, the film did not reach the popularity of the first, receiving a generally negative response (a 19% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes). It was nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst Remake or Sequel. A year after the events of the first"
"singers."" Gangster (2006 film) Gangster is a 2006 Indian romantic thriller film. It released on 28 April. It stars Emraan Hashmi, Kangana Ranaut and Shiney Ahuja. The plot is that a bar girl who falls in love with two people, one a layman and the other, a gangster. The music is composed by Pritam. The film was rumoured to be based on the life of mobster Abu Salem and former actress Monica Bedi, but the director Anurag Basu said that it is not based upon any real characters or incidents. ""Gangster"" was a hit at the box office. The movie"
"It was one of the most notable gangster films of the decade. Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci also starred in the film with Pesci earning an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards in all, including Best Picture and Best Director, making ""Goodfellas"" one of the most critically acclaimed crime films of all time. Following their collaboration in ""Goodfellas"", Scorsese, De Niro and Pesci would team up again in 1995's ""Casino"", based on Frank Rosenthal, an associate of the Chicago Outfit, that ran multiple casinos in Las Vegas during"
"Gangster (2006 film) Gangster is a 2006 Indian romantic thriller film. It released on 28 April. It stars Emraan Hashmi, Kangana Ranaut and Shiney Ahuja. The plot is that a bar girl who falls in love with two people, one a layman and the other, a gangster. The music is composed by Pritam. The film was rumoured to be based on the life of mobster Abu Salem and former actress Monica Bedi, but the director Anurag Basu said that it is not based upon any real characters or incidents. ""Gangster"" was a hit at the box office. The movie is"
"Limit Records label, based out of New Orleans, became quite popular in the late 1990s, though critical success was very scarce, with the exceptions of some later additions like Mystikal (""Ghetto Fabulous"", 1998). No Limit had begun its rise to national popularity with Master P's ""The Ghetto Is Trying to Kill Me!"" (1994), and had major hits with Silkk the Shocker (""Charge It 2 Da Game"", 1998) and C-Murder (""Life or Death"", 1998). Cash Money Records, also based out of New Orleans, had enormous commercial success beginning in the late 1990s with a similar musical style but utilized a quality-over-quantity"
"his power over the city's underworld. In a sequence spanning the years between 1968 and 1999, he organizes a bank heist, opens a casino, fixes horse races, and builds his gang to over 300 men. The narrative returns to the aged Gangster at the boxing event. The Gangster discovers that Karen also survived and is due to marry Mays, who has left prison a changed man. The men meet in Mays' old flat. The Gangster angrily denounces Mays, who seemingly has no fight left in him, wanting only to marry Karen and retire in peace. The Gangster threatens Mays with"
"and later Pennsylvania immigrants Poison and quickly became known for anthemic hard rock and power ballads, as well as band members' distinctively feminine make-up, hair, and clothing in spite of the scene's macho posturing. This scene would die out in the 1990s due to grunge. The Bay Area thrash scene was centered around Los Angeles and San Francisco in the 1980s and 1990s. Bands associated with this scene include Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Exodus, Vio-lence, Suicidal Tendencies, Dark Angel, Death Angel, D.R.I., Testament, Forbidden, Defiance, Evildead, and Holy Terror. Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth grew up in Los Angeles, where she"
"1983. ""London Town"" a film in which tells the story of a Clash-obsessed teenager who crosses paths with Joe Strummer by happenstance in 1979 and finds his life changing as a result, was released in 2016. The film was met with mostly negative reviews and featured many timeline inaccuracies along with wrong song lyrics performed by the actors in the film. The Clash The Clash were an English rock band formed in London in 1976 as a key player in the original wave of British punk rock. They have also contributed to the and new wave movements that emerged in"
"Frechette (Marion Cotillard), as well as Purvis' pursuit of Dillinger associates and fellow criminals Homer Van Meter (Stephen Dorff) and Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham). Scenes from ""Manhattan Melodrama"", are depicted in the 2009 film as being the last motion picture seen by the notorious gangster John Dillinger, who was shot to death by federal agents on 22 July 1934, after leaving Chicago's Biograph Theater where the film was playing. ""Gangs of New York"" (2002), also directed by Scorsese, was the first modern gangster film to focus on the 19th century Irish gangs. Although the gay nineties had been a"
"Violent Storm In The 1990s, World War III has at last ended. The people are left to pick up the pieces and rebuild their civilizations. However, vicious gangs that prey on these defenseless citizens are obstructing the reconstruction. The main protagonists are Boris, Wade and Kyle, vigilantes who protect the feared and helpless. Their largest problem is the corrupt, incorrigible, ruthless and lethal gang known as The Geld Gang They have commissioned every type of person imaginable. Purple-haired, leather-clad, chain-wielding, lead-pipe swinging, masked, martial artists, orange-mohawked, and men who use manhole covers as shields. One day, when the trio is"
"for the 2010 rerun. Winson Cheuk (Gallen Lo) is a compulsive gambler who just returned to Hong Kong after a bout of bad luck and extreme debts in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was reunited with his childhood friend and neighbor, Abby Ching (Amy Kwok) who is disgusted with his gambling habits and laziness. The Ching family had a dark secret that no one knows about. More than 20 years ago, Koo Yuk-mei (Suet Nei), was raped by Kam Shu-pui (Paul Chun). This resulted in the birth of Johnny Ching (Sunny Chan) whom Mei despise greatly. Growing up with his two"
"it wants to do, but lacks the velocity for lift-off."" Mad City (film) Mad City is a 1997 American thriller film directed by Costa-Gavras, written by Tom Matthews based on a story by Matthews and Eric Williams, and starring Dustin Hoffman and John Travolta, with a supporting cast featuring Mia Kirshner, Alan Alda, Blythe Danner, Ted Levine, Raymond J. Barry, and Larry King. This is Costa-Gavras' first English-language film since ""Music Box"" (1989). The title comes from a nickname of Madison, Wisconsin, where it originally was going to be set, and was used for its multiple meanings. After being sacked"
"from 1984–1986. The video game "","" published by Rockstar Games in 2002, is heavily inspired by ""Miami Vice"" in multiple ways. It is set in a stylized 1980s Miami inspired fictional city named ""Vice City"". One of the main characters, Lance Vance, was actually voiced by Philip Michael Thomas. Two undercover police officers appear in a police sports car within the game when the player obtains a three-star wanted level. The two officers, one white and one black, resemble the two leading characters of ""Miami Vice."" In the prequel, """", there are two officers in the multiplayer mode named Cracker"
"he did so in solidarity with ""all the brothers who are locked down. On the East Coast, members of the hip hop community looked back to the gangsters of the 1930s and 1940s for inspiration. Mafioso influences, especially and primarily inspired by the 1983 remake version of ""Scarface"", became popular in hip hop. Many rappers set aside gang-inspired clothing in favor of classic gangster fashions such as bowler hats, double-breasted suits, silk shirts, and alligator-skin shoes (""gators""). On the East Coast, ""ghetto fabulous"" fashion (a term coined by Sean Combs) was on the rise. Tommy Hilfiger was one of the"
"Duffy featured in supporting roles. In the 1960s, Reggie Kray is a former boxer who has become an important part of the criminal underground in London. At the start of the film, his twin brother Ron is locked up in a psychiatric hospital for insanity and paranoid schizophrenia. Reggie uses threats to obtain the premature release of his brother, who is rapidly discharged from hospital. The two brothers unite their efforts to control a large part of London's criminal underworld. One of their first efforts is to muscle-in on the control of a local night club, using extortion and brutal"
"herself; and ""Promise Me Anything (But Give Me Love)"" performed off-screen and presented as source music. The Rat Pack motorcycle gang is largely a parody of ""The Wild One"" (1953); Harvey Lembeck's ""Eric Von Zipper"" spoofs Marlon Brando's performance as the leader of the gang; however, unlike the Brando character he is generally clumsy and inept. Big Daddy's club in this film (and Cappy's Place in ""Muscle Beach Party"") is a reference to Southern California beach coffeehouses in general and Cafe Frankenstein in particular. Beach Party was the highest-grossing film AIP had made to that date, earning more during its"